Introduction: Guillain-Barre syndrome is an uncommon, yet potentially fatal, immune-mediated disease affecting peripheral nerves and nerve roots that commonly generated by infections. Recent studies have shown a strong relationship between SARS-CoV-2, making SARS-CoV-2 potential trigger for GBS. Objective: to detail the current information related syndrome, causes, epidemiology, immunopathogeni...

introduction:guillain-barre syndrome(gbs) is the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis. respiratory failure is the most serious short-term complication of gbs and invasive mechanical ventilation is required in 30% of patients.moreover,60% of those who are intubated develop major complications including pnemonia,sepsis,gi bleeding and pulmonary embolism. thus respiratory failure predictio...

thymoma is the most common neoplasm of anterior mediastinum with incidence peaks during the fourth, fifth and sixth decades of life. two-thirds of patients are asymptomatic and identified accidentally by chest x-rays . of the total, 40-70 % of patients have one or more parathymic syndromes of which myasthenia gravis (mg) is the most common and reported in 10-50% . gullain-barre syndrome (gbs) h...

background: diseases that cause acute flaccid paralysis (afp) often progress rapidly, thus may cause life threatening complications, therefore, their diagnosis and cure are important. this study was carried out to investigate the causes of acute generalized weakness in children referred to amirkola children’s hospital, in babol, iran. methods: in this case series, the epidemiological causes of ...

This case report describes transfusion related acute lung injury with the use of intravenous immunoglobulin in a child with Guillain barre syndrome.

BACKGROUND Patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome are commonly exposed to prolonged mechanical ventilation. Specific data on ventilatory management of these patients have been limited. OBJECTIVE To describe the practice of mechanical ventilation in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome and evaluate risk factors for morbidity and mortality. METHODS We describe a historical cohort of mechanica...